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A Maryland congressman is receiving blowback from pro and anti-mustache political groups after his reported support of the “Stache Act.” The proposal from the American Mustache Institute, which also presents the annual Robert Goulet Award, would provide tax deductions for facial hair grooming, which the AMI said is needed to cover the cost of grooming supplies for those who make America look better by growing facial hair. “Given the clear link between the growing and maintenance of mustaches and incremental… Read More »

This weekend Rick Santorum called the president a “snob” for stressing higher education, citing the liberal indoctrination of colleges and universities. However he appeared to backtrack and agree with Obama during an appearance on ABC’s This Week, saying that vocational and technical schools are key to having people upgrade their education and skills. “There’s technical schools, there’s additional training, vocational training, there’s skills and apprenticeships,” Santorum told George Stephanopoulos. “There’s all sorts of things that people can do to upgrade their skills to… Read More »

Following wins in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado Rick Santorum saw a big jump in his Facebook popularity, but he is still well behind his competition, Politico reports as part of the ongoing election partnership with the social networking site. … Read More »

With nine of the primaries and caucuses behind us, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, John Huntsman and Michelle Bachmann have all fallen way leaving Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, New Gingrich and Ron Paul battle for the GOP nomination. Based on New York Times tallies, Romney still holds a major delegate lead after Saturday night’s win in Maine. Romney has 105 delegates to Santorum’s 58. Despite a landslide win in South Carolina, Gingrich continues to trail Santorum for the coveted roll of… Read More »